Sunday, November 1, 2015

Madworld
Haunted Attraction is located in Piedmont, South Carolina which is near
Greenville. The event is an outdoor
trail, although there are some indoor components. They also host an escape room event on site,
however we did not have the chance to participate in that attraction during our
visit.

From
the beginning we could tell that the event was going to be interesting. Parking was highly organized, but because we
were there before the official start time it was tricky to figure out where to enter
after we parked. We almost walked in the
exit until we spotted the ticket booth just inside and found which set of ropes
let that direction. After entering we
noticed that they had several things to keep you busy while you were
there. The gift shop, bonfire, and food
vendors provided things to do while you waited or after you were finished.

Please
remember that this is an outdoor trail and you should remember to wear proper
footwear to events such as this. The
ground is never my friend, so I try to wear the most comfortable and stable
shoes that I can while attending haunts.
In this particular situation I still managed to encounter roots and
limbs which made me wary of where I was placing my next steps. This makes me move slightly slower than most
people through events like this, so I take that into consideration.

When we
entered we did sign a waiver, which makes sense for anyone conducting an
outdoor trail. There is always that
potential that someone will fall and get hurt, and nobody in the haunt industry
wants to deal with those liabilities.
Insurance for haunts is expensive enough as it is, adding in some injury
cases would make it ridiculous.

While
we were in line we were grouped with another set of people near us by the
staff. I murmured to them to please not
do this since the woman in the group was already annoying to everyone near her,
but they did it anyway. This particular
woman had been bumping into me and leaning her cell phone on my shoulder while
in line, which you can imagine would both you.
As we proceeded through the first part of the haunt with her she bumped
us, grabbed us, cursed at her child and his friend, and disobeyed directions to
her from actors. When we reached a
certain point and she disobeyed we refused to continue with her. The actor, to his amazing credit, managed to
stay in character while contacting security to have her removed
immediately. We waited for this to be dealt
with ahead of us on the trail and even had management come to us to apologize
while we waited. It became obvious that
they were dealing with her and when we continued on she was nowhere to be
found. The remainder of the event went
smoothly, but we definitely appreciate the level of service which we received
once it became clear that she was ruining the night for everyone. Customer service is a huge factor and we are
happy to say that in the face of adversity the staff at Madworld have great
customer service.

The
attraction combined a variety of sets within buildings that felt somewhat less
than permanent, yet somehow fit into their surroundings well. One of our favorites of the night was an
encounter with a Freddy like character and a victim being sucked into a
bed. This particular scene was exceptionally
well done and the character portrayal was spot-on.

When we
left we did a short video in the parking lot and posted it to our Facebook Page
for Haunt Review and concluded that our rating for Madworld was a 3.25 severed
heads out of a possible five. We highly
encourage you to check them out. They
had high praise for other haunts that we discussed with them, and that level of
professionalism is always appreciated as well.